DNA Binding of the Cell Cycle Transcriptional Regulator GcrA Depends on N6-Adenosine Methylation in Caulobacter crescentus and Other Alphaproteobacteria

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Fioravanti, Antonella ^a   Fumeaux, Coralie ^b   Mohapatra, Saswat S ^a   Bompard, Coralie ^a   Brilli, Matteo ^c,e   Frandi, Antonio ^b   Castric, Vincent ^d   Villeret, Vincent ^a   Viollier, Patrick H ^b   Biondi, Emanuele G ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^d Univ Lille   (France)

^e RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CELL CYCLE TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATOR GCRA; CELL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; METHYLTRANSFERASE; N6 ADENOSINE METHYLTRANSFERASE CCRM; RNA POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DNA BINDING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SWITCHING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN METHYLATION; PROTEIN TARGETING; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ADENOSINE; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; METHYLTRANSFERASES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES;

EID: 84878499327     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003541     Document Type: Article

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